Over the years there have been some truly iconic covers for games on Nintendo platforms. Often you only need to catch the most fleeting of glimpses to recognise a classic from your collection. Today we're going to put your Nintendo console box art knowledge to the test!
We've selected fifteen great games from Nintendo platforms past and present--from the NES to the Switch--and zoomed in on a section of the cover. We haven't manipulated them in any way, apart from perhaps rotating them to spice things up. All images are taken from the European variant of the box, although they are near-identical to the North American versions in most cases.
So, can you name the game from just a tiny detail on the front of the box?
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10/15 just guessing.
Only knew about half or so for sure but was able to make an educated guess for the rest of them. Easier than I thought it was going to be.
13/15. That was quite good. I haven't played the two I did not know.
7/15 I am awful at these.
Only Banjo Kazooie and Animal Crossing I got wrong, so 13/15. Not bad!
14/15 very good!
15/15. Most I knew without looking at the answers. Banjo-Kazooie was a wild guess though. Pretty fun quiz!
14/15, just missed Tennis. I knew all the others and it’s great there were so many from the Cube and DS days, they were my two first consoles!
Yeessssssss. Finally a perfect score. I often rush through these at work (employee of the month right here). But this time I told myself I wouldn't rush it.
13/15, missed wave racer and banjo kazooie
13 for me missed tennis and something else xx
13/15. Q12 almost got me with the finger!
12/15 !
Okay the spirit tracks one shouldn't count.
13/15. I’m suprised I got this many right. And it wasn’t even guess work. The animal crossing one I knew was either wii or DS but ended up with the wrong choice. The waverace one I only knew because I knew the other 3 options where incorrect.
Perfect score. I feel like you all must have softened this quiz to make up for a couple of recent tough ones.
8/15, but I must say I never played SNES or NES or N64 games.
15 but pure luck on the Elite Beat Agents because I chose too fast but thought it was Phoenix Wright
10/15. Some were just not the games I play
@MichaelHarvey I got the same score, but I tripped up on the F-Zero and a few of the older Mario boxes
13 out of 15. Had a few lucky guesses though.
Wow 14/15 how
Also you poor Europeans with your garbage Breath of the Wild Box Art.
13/15
I got the animal crossing thing and the last one wrong.
9/15 - I kept falling for the trick answers that were playing off my expectations. Clearly I'm a sucker
10/15 - rushed a couple and just didn't know a few.
14/15 the only one I got wrong was Tennis
Oh my gosh I only got 5/15. I suck.
14/15.
A couple lucky guesses with the Animal Crossing & F-Zero questions (particularly AC as it's not a series I traditionally follow. I knew the F-Zero one had to be the 64 or GCN game though, so that was a 50/50 chance).
I slipped up on Mario 64 DS as I got in a hurry (just saw all the characters jumbled up and assumed it was Mario Party).
I’ve got 9/15) yeah
8 out of fifteen. Never had snes, n64 or wii consoles
14/15. My copy of Wave Race on the GameCube was used so I'd never actually seen that cover. The rest felt tricky at times, but I was able to identify them all without even looking at the answers (though I wasn't sure on BotW til I saw the other choices)
13... I didn't know which Animal Crossing cover that was and I said Mario Party instead of Super Mario 64 DS.
A few lucky guesses.
Yes, I could identify F-Zero GX was at least some F-Zero game (without the choices).
Banjo-Kazooie, though. Could only identify as being very N64 textured. Likewise for Animal Crossing Wild World, could only identify it as DS-looking models.
9/15. I play the games more than look at the boxes.
15/15
Way too easy!
First time I've got 100% on one of these...Nice!
13/15, Animal Crossing and Tennis tripped me up
14/15 tennis was the only one that got me stumped
Wooo.. 15/15 ... perfect score!
13/15. Pretty easy though Wave Race messed me up.
15/15. Only had to guess on Tennis.
13/15. Close enough
"You scored 9 out of 15."
Just guessing. I only played the Zelda games and was 100% sure about them.
11/15 not too bad. That Tennis one was tricky,I though it was Mario Tennis,you got me
14/15 - I had a double-take on Animal Crossing. Thought Wild World to start, but then convinced myself it was Let's Go to the City. Should have trusted my instinct. 😂
15/15. Nailed! Staring at covers on your way home is a lost art.
If I had sat there and thought about Animal Crossing instead of trying to blow through them all, I'd have gotten all of them, lol
12/15. Kicking myself for getting the banjo kazooie one wrong!
14/15, I just missed Wave Race.
Wow, got them all right! Surprised myself.
8/15 Nice challenge!
14/15. Seeing elite beat agents made me very happy
Wave race blue storm got me. Other than that i got all of them correct.
9 out of 15. Most of the games I've played were used or rented, so box art isn't something I see all that often. I guessed more often than not.
Tough one! 8-15
7 out of 15, not bad for casual gamer like myself 😊
14/15, messed up the Animal Crossing: Wild World one. I was lame and got into the series with New Leaf 😭
14/15. Nice, surprised myself. Another great quiz keep them coming NL!
12/15
And I can't believe I failed at Mario 3.
11 out of 15. Not bad if I do say so myself!
Rotating the SMB3 picture was a dirty trick... and I fell for it.
The F-Zero one, I recognised it, and I own GX but don't own X, and yet I still want for X!
I thought the Tennis one was a dead giveaway - Mario was pretty identifiably sitting on an umpire's chair.
13/15. Good fun, thanks.
We must have a different definition of console games because a lot of these are handheld.
9/15
Too many variants. Plus I missed out on the GameCube.
11/15, eh? Not bad.
European botw art be like
14/15 got stumped on the very last one.
The darker colors from the SMB3 shot messed me up.
Anyway, got to play me dat dere Epic Yarn, the can't-die mechanic has always rendered this game uninteresting to me but everyone always praises it.
12 from 15.
I made mistake on Waverace, Banjo Kazooie and Mario Tennis.
I was lucky guessing F-Zero games as i never played any of them.
Animal Crossing Wild World was the easiest to guess as i recognized the human villager character design.
15/15
Fun quiz!
Got all but Tennis and Wave Race.
14/15. Most were familliar. Had to guess for Wave Racer and F-Zero. F-Zero was my only miss
13/15. Pikmin and Waverace got me.
12 out of 15. I'm happy with that. The only ones I didn't get were the games I had never played/heard of so it's all good 😹
I got 15/15! I am enjoying these quizzes.
9/15. Not very good with these
13/15 pretty happy with this!
Remember when Nintendo used to release games and we didn't have to resort to spot the ball type quizzes?
9/15 Missed several near the beginning, but got better towards the end.
13/15
Not bad, eh?
I never really heard of Wave Race before but how did I get the first one wrong? lol.
14/15 Never played any F-Zero games except the first one.
14/15 only missed the Wave Race one. Weird considering I've only played 7 of the games on the list. Seems I've picked up some passive knowledge of these games/covers over the years.
14 out of 15, baby! I missed elite beat agents because I thought it was Phoenix Wright, what with the pointing finger and everything. It’s also worth mentioning that I’ve only played 7 of these games.
13/15 - Only two I missed were Animal Crossing (made a 50/50 guess between Wild World and City Folk) and Tennis (In hindsight, seeing Mario as the ref probably should've made me realise that it wasn't Mario Tennis).
Ew, 8/15, but then again I’ve had plenty of beer at this point so ask me tomorrow....
Got 11/15, not bad
I got 13/15 , not bad...
I got 15/15, not bad
Too easy. Got a 9/15 on my first attempt.
10/15 never even heard of the ds spy one.
12/15. I liked this one.
13! Not bad, I totally guessed F-Zero GX but I knew the rest. Mario Tennis was my guess as I never cared for the older ones especially. Elite Beat Agents was my other down fall, never played that, either.
14/15
Guessed the wrong Animal Crossing game between City Folk and Wild World, should've known it though, it has the spherical World, not the toilet roll City in the box art. But I had some lucky slightly-educated more-or-less-guesses, like the F-Zero and the Banjo Kazooie. The others I knew before seeing the possible answers.
@mcandy242 it's actually a rhythm game, and a very absurd and funny one!
@FullMetalWesker Made the same mistake with Animal Crossing between the same two options, and had the Tennis one right because of the same reasoning ^^
13 of 15.
I messed up on the Wave Race and the Tennis one.
Animal Crossing and Kirby were not on my radar, but 13/15. Ok.
13/15, not bad. I really like those quizzes, not gonna lie.
13 out of 15, that's not bad.
14/15 only question 8 wrong.
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